document.write( "Question 577270: The ratio of the greatest lenght of lake Erie to the greatest lenght of lake Michigan is 5:6.\r
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The ratio of the greatest length of lake Erie to the greatest length of lake Michigan is 5:6.
\n" ); document.write( "E/M = 5/6
\n" ); document.write( "What is the length of each, if lake michigan is 50 miles longer than lake erie?
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\n" ); document.write( "Let length of Erie be \"x\"
\n" ); document.write( "Then length of Mich is \"x+50\"
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\n" ); document.write( "Equation:
\n" ); document.write( "x/(x+50) = 5/6
\n" ); document.write( "6x = 5x + 250
\n" ); document.write( "x = 250 miles (length of Lake Erie)
\n" ); document.write( "x+50 = 300 miles (length of Lake Michigan)
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